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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ralph Eliot|nick=Ralph Eliot|appt=25 July, 1926<ref>Eliot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/15.|D7603522}} f. 15.</ref>|end=2 December, 1927<ref>Eliot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/15.|D7603522}} f. 15.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ralph Eliot|nick=Ralph Eliot|appt=25 July, 1926<ref>Eliot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/15.|D7603522}} f. 15.</ref>|end=2 December, 1927<ref>Eliot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/15.|D7603522}} f. 15.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=December, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1929{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=December, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1929{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=James D. Campbell|appt=January, 1929 | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=James D. Campbell|appt=17 January, 1929|end=2 October, 1930}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1932<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1932<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=27 December, 1931<ref>Baxter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=|note=temporary, pending [[William Bowen Mackenzie|Mackenzie's]] arrival}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=27 December, 1931<ref>Baxter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=|note=temporary, pending [[William Bowen Mackenzie|Mackenzie's]] arrival}} | ||
Revision as of 12:18, 2 August 2017
| H.M.S. Hermes (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 95 (Jun 1920)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong[2] |
| Laid down: | 15 Jan, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 11 Sep, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | 19 Feb, 1924[5] |
| Sunk: | 9 Apr, 1942[6] |
| Fate: | Air Attack |
H.M.S. Hermes was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1924, being the first ship designed from the outset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.
Service
Hermes was commissioned at Devonport on 19 February, 1924 under the command of Captain The Hon. Arthur Stopford. By 1925, she was in the Mediterranean.[7]
The ship succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain The Hon. Arthur Stopford, 20 February, 1923[8] – July, 1925[9]
- Captain Cecil P. Talbot, 15 July, 1925[10] – 17 August, 1926[11]
- Captain Ralph Eliot, 25 July, 1926[12] – 2 December, 1927[13]
- Captain Geoffrey Hopwood, December, 1927[14] – January, 1929[15]
- Captain James D. Campbell, 17 January, 1929 – 2 October, 1930
- Captain Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, October, 1930[16] – March, 1932[17]
- Commander Francis R. Baxter, 27 December, 1931[18] (temporary, pending Mackenzie's arrival)
- Captain William B. Mackenzie, January, 1932[19] – September, 1933[20]
- Captain The Hon. George Fraser, 15 August, 1934[21] – 11 October, 1937[22]
- Captain FitzRoy E. P. Hutton, 25 August, 1939[23] – 4 June, 1940
- Captain Richard F. J. Onslow, May, 1940[24] – April, 1942[25] (killed when ship sank)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 53.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 245.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 245.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ Eliot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/15. f. 15.
- ↑ Eliot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/15. f. 15.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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